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El vicepresidente José Manuel Restrepo, de traje oscuro y corbata roja, gesticulando mientras habla en un interior de piedra en Madrid
El vicepresidente José Manuel Restrepo durante su agenda en Madrid, donde se reunió con más de 400 empresarios e inversionistas. · Semana

Business confidence in Colombia grows from Madrid with Restrepo

Restrepo completed his second day in Madrid with more than 400 business leaders and more than 14 meetings.

Vice President José Manuel Restrepo completed his second day of agenda in Madrid, Spain, with meetings with potential investors and with business leaders who already operate in Colombia. The central message was a signal of confidence in the Government of Abelardo De La Espriella. --- The context --- Spain is the second largest investor in Colombia and will be the setting for the Milagro Week in Europe. That meeting, scheduled for next semester, in March 2027, seeks to attract more European investment and give continuity to the contacts started on this tour. --- The facts --- Restrepo said he met with more than 400 business leaders in more than 14 meetings. He stated that there is a signal of confidence sent by the Government of Abelardo De La Espriella through physical security, but also through legal security. The vice president stressed that when there is investment, there is social benefit, there are jobs, there are opportunities for the most vulnerable, there is growth and there is a miracle homeland. According to the press office of the Vice Presidency, the delegation includes the Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Mauricio Gómez Amín, the president of ProColombia, Samuel Bluman, and the ambassador-designate to the European Union, Juan Gonzalo Ospina. --- The positions --- From the Vice Presidency, the position is that physical security and legal security generate confidence to invest. Restrepo linked that message to attracting much more investment from Europe to Colombia and to concrete social benefits for the most vulnerable population. --- What remains unknown --- The names of participating companies and concrete commitments from the meetings are not yet known. Sectors, amounts under discussion, the full agenda and confirmed participants for the Milagro Week in March 2027 were also not detailed. --- Unanswered questions --- What concrete commitments did the Madrid meetings leave? Which European sectors showed the greatest interest after the legal security message? How will it be measured whether this confidence becomes real jobs and opportunities before March 2027? --- EPM analysis --- The tour joins economic diplomacy and a social message: investment is presented as a path toward jobs and opportunities. The challenge will be follow-up, with clear rules and measurable results that sustain the confidence expressed by business leaders in Madrid. That follow-up will also define the social reading of the tour. If the Madrid contacts lead to visible projects, the signal of confidence will stop being only a diplomatic assessment and will be measured in jobs, opportunities and verifiable growth for communities. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the signal coming from Madrid matters because it connects investment with concrete social benefit. If more than 400 business leaders perceive physical security and also legal security, the challenge now is to turn that confidence into jobs, opportunities for the most vulnerable and growth that is felt across the regions. The Milagro Week in March 2027 will be a serious follow-up test: the announcement alone will not be enough, as projects, clear rules and measurable results will be needed so European investment becomes a miracle homeland for people.
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